Tag Archives: Attorneys

In a case of first impression, a Fairfax Circuit Court says a fee award in a subsequent lawsuit cannot include fees from the parties’ prior nonsuited case, even though the parties agreed to incorporate discovery from the nonsuited case into ...

A divorcee who persisted in her legal action for an accounting of a trust fund belonging to her ex-husband, despite receiving numerous documents and offers of assistance in document review from his lawyers, is sanctioned, along with her lawyer, for ...

An assistant prosecutor was incompetent, in violation of Rule 1.1, in charging a defendant with illegal possession of a pain-killer drug even though defendant had purchased only fake medication in a police sting; but the Supreme Court of Virginia says ...

A lawyer defending a med-mal case did not violate Rule 4.2 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct when she failed to immediately hang up on the plaintiff who began telling the lawyer the case was taking an emotional toll ...

A Wise County attorney has a June trial date on charges that he regularly used and shared illegal drugs with former clients and asked them to lie about it under oath. R. Stuart Collins of Wise is accused of snorting ...

A lawyer who was representing a husband in a divorce case did not violate ethics rules when he did not withdraw from the case after learning his law partner had a conversation with wife about representing her but declined to ...

A lawyer’s single disclaimer on his website was not enough to warn potential clients that they might not see the same successful results in their criminal cases as the lawyer touted in his blog posts, but the lawyer is not ...

Serving as a clerk for the Supreme Court of Virginia is a singular honor that is shared by an elite group of lawyers. Last night many former clerks gathered at the Library of Virginia to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ...

A plaintiff who paid defendant lawyer a $45,000 flat fee to defend a juvenile on a rape charge through “final verdict” of the juvenile court, has standing to seek an accounting of that fee after the lawyer was discharged before ...

A divorce client can’t sue his lawyer for his problems with a PSA the client signed before he hired the lawyer, but the client may pursue claims alleging failure to respond to discovery requests, defend against pretrial motions and seek ...